DPhil in Public Policy - 36 months
36 monthsProgramme duration
70,515 GBPTuition Fee/year
Jan-2000Starting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Public Policy
Degree
Other
Study Level
PHD
The DPhil in Public Policy provides academically outstanding students who are committed to public service an unrivalled opportunity to study for a rigorous research degree that prepares them to have substantial impact on future policy-making processes. Students can complete this course full time in three years or part time over six to eight years. Part-time students are required to spend a minimum of 30 days on study-related business in Oxford each year and to commit approximately 20 hours per week to their studies. Part-time students are also expected to attend induction activities which are held over a couple of days at the beginning of Michaelmas term (October). This degree specialises in discipline-based, policy-driven research, applying rigorous social science to analysing policy issues with the explicit goal of prescribing solutions for policy makers. Students will concentrate on research that answers policy questions with rigorous conceptual design, theoretical insight, and empirical methods.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Public Policy
Degree
Other
Study Level
PHD
The DPhil in Public Policy provides academically outstanding students who are committed to public service an unrivalled opportunity to study for a rigorous research degree that prepares them to have substantial impact on future policy-making processes. Students can complete this course full time in three years or part time over six to eight years. Part-time students are required to spend a minimum of 30 days on study-related business in Oxford each year and to commit approximately 20 hours per week to their studies. Part-time students are also expected to attend induction activities which are held over a couple of days at the beginning of Michaelmas term (October). This degree specialises in discipline-based, policy-driven research, applying rigorous social science to analysing policy issues with the explicit goal of prescribing solutions for policy makers. Students will concentrate on research that answers policy questions with rigorous conceptual design, theoretical insight, and empirical methods.
Admission Requirements
A first-class or strong upper second-class undergraduate degree with honours (or equivalent international qualifications), as a minimum, in any subject.
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